The Insider is a political and business bulletin about Zimbabwe, edited by Charles Rukuni. Founded in 1990, it was a printed 12-page subscription only newsletter until 2003 when Zimbabwe's hyper-inflation made it impossible to continue printing.

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Questions raised about the cost of Mugabe’s stay in power

The Daily News urged African leaders to put pressure on President Robert Mugabe to step down in 2003 after Liberian leader Charles Taylor had been forced to step down.

“Taylor, for all his sins of the past, should be commended for seeing the light and stepping aside so that peace could return to the shattered land. He obviously realized that Liberia is bigger than Taylor,” the paper said.

“In Zimbabwe, Mugabe still clings to power despite mounting public pressure for him to step down in the midst of a rapidly worsening economic crisis created by his government’s poor policies. …..

“If Mugabe does not quit now, how long can he precariously cling to power and at what cost to the tottering and anguished nation. . .?”

The Insider is a political and business bulletin about Zimbabwe, edited by Charles Rukuni. Founded in 1990, it was a printed 12-page subscription only newsletter until 2003 when Zimbabwe's hyper-inflation made it impossible to continue printing.